Introduction

Our Safety Health and Environmental Awareness (SHEA) suite of schemes is developed in collaboration with industry to provide a uniform approach to health, safety and environmental awareness training across the utility sector, in line with Health and Safety Executive guidelines. 

The Energy & Utility Skills Register (EUSR) - the online register of training and skills for the energy and utility sector - accredits this course. In partnership with CSCS, the EUSR sets out to nurture and maintain a skilled and sustainable workforce in our industry.

This EUSR SHEA Water Passport certification delivers the necessary knowledge and understanding for workers who require access to operational sites within the water industry, both permanent and temporary, including operatives, supervisors and management.

Course Outline

In theory-based exercises and tutorials, delegates will cover core modules of water works in utility services and learn best practices and operating methods to install a system in a live environment.

Made up of eight modules, the course includes six core modules relevant for all utility industries, supporting workplace health and safety and environmental law and best practices. A further two modules are water industry specific. The course aims to demonstrate that an individual has an appropriate level of knowledge, understanding and behavioural awareness in these areas. 

Our Energy & Utility Skills approved trainers coach delegates on this course, completing the session with a short answer question paper. In addition, delegates must complete all eight modules and pass the SHEA Water assessment to receive the SHEA Water registration, valid for three years.

Course Programme

This training is essential for workers who require access to operational sites within the water industry. Delegates will review legal requirements, ensure safety compliance, and understand procedures, appropriate documentation and classifications.

The course content includes:

• Understanding workplace responsibilities, including legal frameworks, definitions and their application in the workplace
• Understanding the impact of work on the environment and sustainability
• Identifying, assessing and controlling risks through proactive health and safety behaviours
• Common hazards in the workplace to minimise impact in the workplace following CSCS requirements
• How to mitigate and minimise occupational health hazards
• Emergency response, including an understanding of emergency response behaviours, reporting, inspection and enforcement of health and safety protocol

Water and Highway:

• Understanding sewerage network and process operations and hazards
• Highway works and excavations, including public and private environments and creating a safe working environment through safe systems of work

On Completion

On successfully completing the course, delegates qualify for their EUSR accredited SHEA Water Passport. They will receive a Cover Note valid for 45 days while waiting for the formal SHEA Water Passport Card, which can take five weeks for delivery. 

Who Should Attend?

On successfully completing the course, delegates qualify for their EUSR accredited SHEA Water Passport. They will receive a Cover Note valid for 45 days while waiting for the formal SHEA Water Passport Card, which can take five weeks for delivery. 

Course Duration

This one-day comprehensive course delivers theoretical knowledge and understanding of water and utility works.

Why Citrus?

We dedicate our efforts to unrivalled quality and the customer experience at Citrus Training, working tirelessly to provide exemplary service to our clients and produce excellent results from our delegates. As a result, we are the leading UK-based provider of health, safety, and technical training and assessment services to the Built Environment and Utility sectors. 

We have over 30 specialist Plant and Lifting trainers and assessors, coaching and testing nationwide to meet any specific needs of our clients. With a wealth of experience and expertise, they have successfully trained over 25,000 delegates across the Plant and NVQ training categories.

Our facilities include six technical centres with the capacity for delivering Plant Training across the UK. And our national, accredited Training and Test Centres are fully equipped to provide EUSR, CPCS and CSCS accredited courses. In addition, as an approved NPORS training provider, we can also offer on-site training and testing nationwide. 

Finally, as an Approved Training Organisation (ATO) by CITB, we provide quality training that meets the industry-approved standards. 

Things You Need to Know

This course is an Energy & Utility Skills Passport scheme and does not indicate any level of technical competence or skilled expertise.

The SHEA Water Passport is partnered with CSCS to allow water industry workers access to construction sites for utilities work without completing a separate CSCS card. 
 
This EUSR certified training has practical elements, so delegates must inform their trainer if they have any serious health issues, physical problems, special considerations, or are taking any medication, which may create difficulties in this training course. 

For training held at your location, please ensure that the classroom you make available has a power supply and is a suitable size for the number of delegates attending. In addition, please ensure that the practical area has been risk-assessed, is free from harm, and is ideal for training.